Falling Down the Pond

Chapter 49

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In the private room of the clubhouse, after Zhou Feng howled a song "Friends" to clean up the dust for the two friends who had returned home, he looked up at the time and immediately put down the microphone: "I'm going out to pick up someone."

Zhao Yue asked: "Did you call your family Yuanyuan?"

Zhou Feng slapped his forehead: "If you don't tell me, I really forgot about him." Then he waved his hand and said, "Forget it, forget it, call him next time, this time it's a game for Brother Qin."

Ye Qin was still wondering who was coming, Zhou Feng pushed Sun Yiran into the door. Seeing Ye Qin, Sun Yiran's expression darkened, and he turned around and was about to leave. Zhao Yue and Liu Yangfan took him into the house between left and right.

"It's not easy for the two of us to come back, sister Yiran, don't lose face."

Sun Yiran had no choice but to stay and sat in the seat farthest from Ye Qin, expressing her "unforgivable" towards him with actions.

Ye Qin was also upset and didn't have time to talk to her. He accepted Zhou Feng's offer to let the two toast the reconciled red wine, raised his head and drank it all, then collapsed on the sofa and closed his eyes to rest.

Several people got together to play cards, but two of the five did not participate, and the atmosphere was still not lively.

Zhou Feng lost three games in a row, rolled his eyes in frustration, and urged Ye Qin to call Cheng Feichi: "We are short of people here, Xueba can play cards, let him come and take me to fly."

Ye Qin frowned: "Fly a fart, don't bark."

That guy refused to come to pick up the plane, even more so with the excuse of playing cards.

Zhao Yue said to Zhou Feng: "Don't mention which pot you don't open. Aqin is obviously angry because of Xueba, and you still mention him."

"What's the matter?" Zhou Feng scratched his head, "It can't be because I didn't finish my homework, and I'm afraid of being criticized by the bully, hahahahaha."

He smiled, and the other two laughed too. Ye Qin was even more annoyed when he heard that, and kicked the coffee table: "What a joke."

The few of them usually play casually together, and they can also joke with each other. Liu Yangfan keenly realized that every time Ye Qin got really angry, it was because of Cheng Feichi, so he lit a cigarette in his mouth, and while puffing out the smoke ring, he said, "By the way, Aqin, when are you going to dump him?"

Hearing this sentence, Sun Yiran, who was sitting on the side and had nothing to do with himself, suddenly turned his head to look this way, and Ye Qin was also stunned.

"Oh, I will naturally dump it when it's time to dump it." Zhou Fengsheng was afraid that the friends who finally got together would quarrel, and smoothed things over, "Brother Qin hasn't played enough, why do you care so much? The emperor is not in a hurry. The eunuch is in a hurry. "

Zhao Yue also added: "That's right, Aqin is an adult, er, at least on his ID card. He has his own number, so let's not worry about it." After finishing speaking, he counted with his fingers, "But I didn't expect our brother Qin to be so long. Love, it’s been more than a year? Haven’t you gotten tired of it yet?”

Ye Qin was most annoyed by people talking about his age, especially when this topic was brought up to Cheng Feichi, which made him seem like the number one fool in the world who put himself in it instead of playing tricks. Dang even retorted: " I'm tired of it, I'm tired of it long ago, and I dumped him after the Chinese New Year."

Zhao Yue: "Aqin is really kind-hearted, and he still wants to let Xueba have a good year."

"That's wrong." Zhou Feng thought of something interesting, and said happily, "I think the first gift Brother Qin gave Xueba back then, there was a hidden secret in it. If Xueba knew about it, he would probably die on the spot."

"Oh?" Liu Yangfan became interested, "What mystery?"

Ye Qin was satisfied with Zhou Feng's mention of this matter to support himself, and he raised his chin and said triumphantly: "He thought that what I wrote in it was all about love. When I really wanted to chase him, he not only opened it, but also brought it to me. Say you want to date me."

Zhou Feng gave everyone a popular science about the fact that there was a curse word mixed in the stack of paper stars, and Zhao Yue laughed so hard: "Aqin, you are brave enough, aren't you afraid that he just found that one?"

"What am I afraid of? I was just playing with him, not begging him to associate with me."

Ye Qin, who was stacking the stars at the time, really thought so, so he didn't feel guilty at all when he said this.

On the contrary, Liu Yangfan saw that his words were wrong, and said meaningfully: "Then you are still wearing this ring?"

Naturally, it was referring to the Cartier gifted by Cheng Feichi. Ye Qin, who couldn't hold back his heart, took a photo and posted it to Moments on the night he received the ring. All his friends liked it and left comments. Zhou Feng also asked him if he was proposed by Xueba. Ye Qin didn't like it. Dare to reply in the circle of friends, and privately said in the small group that this ring was bought by a schoolmaster who worked part-time for a few months, and it would not be appropriate not to post it.

The words are full of showing off meaning of "Look how much he loves me, I eat him to death, I'm awesome".

Now it is? N can't get up. The two hadn't seen each other for more than a month, and they took the initiative to put down their posture and asked him to pick him up, but he didn't come. The ring on his hand was an eyesore, so Ye Qin angrily raised his hand to take it off, and threw it on the table. There was a crisp sound when it hit the glass.

"Yo, don't want it? Don't tell me, it's worth tens of thousands of yuan, and you can spend a bottle of wine here... Hey, is this real or fake, don't be a fake."

Zhao Yue leaned over to take the ring to have a look, but Ye Qin snatched it first. He didn't want others to touch the ring, aimed at the open cup on the table, and threw it in like a dart. The cup splashed water, and the ring quickly sank into the cloudy liquid, disappearing without a trace.

Zhao Yue whistled, Liu Yangfan applauded: "Good job."

Ye Qin stared at the glass containing the drink for a while, then snorted softly through his nose, turned his face away and said, "The broken ring is just a diamond, who is so poor."

As soon as the words were finished, Sun Yiran who was sitting across from her stood up abruptly: "You are ruining other people's feelings like this, you...you are too much!"

Zhou Feng said indifferently: "Since it is given to Brother Qin, it is his property, and he can do whatever he wants."

Sun Yiran's face was full of disbelief, especially when he looked at Ye Qin. Seeing him stalking his neck and looking indifferent, it was the first time that he felt that he didn't know this person at all, and was extremely disappointed in his heart. Coat and bag will go.

Except for Ye Qin, several others went to stop them, but Sun Yiran stomped on the heels of her high heels when she was determined to leave, and none of them stopped them.

Sun Yiran went outside angrily, slammed the door loudly, and went to the elevator while putting on her coat.

Just two steps away, she bumped into a person suddenly, she raised her head to see the person's face clearly, covered her mouth with her eyes wide open, and dropped the bag in her hand to the ground.

Cheng Feichi was brought up by the waiter downstairs in the clubhouse.

The staff here are well-trained and have excellent eyesight. He has only been here once before, and some people recognized him as the young master's friend. After all, that box was for Liu Yangfan's exclusive use, and not many people had gone in it.

He didn't pass it upstairs. The rule here is that unless the customer asks for it, the waiter must not disturb him lightly. The person who brought him up showed him the way and left.

The door of the box was ajar, with a gap left. Cheng Feichi wanted to knock on the door first before entering, but when he heard a loud discussion about topics related to himself, he paused with his hand less than three centimeters in front of the door, and then unconsciously Just listened to the whole thing.

He should have left immediately after listening, if he hadn't been in a daze for too long, he wouldn't have met Sun Yiran who came out of it here.

Sun Yiran was obviously very flustered, she put down her hand covering her mouth for a long time, looked at the closed box door, and then at Cheng Feichi: "You, did you hear that?"

A simple question made Cheng Feichi react for a long time. He nodded slightly: "Yes."

Sun Yiran was completely confused. She had never encountered this kind of thing before, and she didn't know what to do, so she turned her head to look at the box door, thinking whether she should knock on the door to let Ye Qin come out and explain clearly, or whether she should help him and take Cheng Feichi away quickly.

Cheng Feichi didn't know the battle between heaven and man in her mind, so he walked straight towards the elevator. The elevator was descending to the first floor, he glanced at the display screen, turned around and took the stairs.

Sun Yiran hurriedly followed, but fortunately, Cheng Feichi's pace was not fast, and she could still talk while chasing: "I, I didn't mean to hide it from you."

Cheng Feichi lowered his eyes to look at the ground, expressionless on his face, and let out a low "hmm".

"Ye Qin certainly didn't do it on purpose," Sun Yiran saw that he could still listen to what he said, and continued, "I'll turn around and try to persuade him, don't...don't be sad."

With both feet on the last marble step, Cheng Feichi stopped, and Sun Yiran followed suit.

She caught a trace of puzzlement in Cheng Feichi's eyes, and she couldn't see again after blinking. There was nothing but blank indifference in the dark amber pupils.

Cheng Feichi shook his head slowly, realizing that this action might cause ambiguity, and said, "Don't persuade him." After a few seconds of silence, he added, "I'm fine."

At half past nine at night, the streets of the capital are still full of traffic, noisy and bustling.

As the Spring Festival approached, every household was buying new year’s goods. Cheng Feichi passed by the entrance of a supermarket and saw a family of three coming out with big bags and small bags. He watched them get into the taxi and stared at the window with the red Chinese knots for a while before continuing. Go forward.

He has long been accustomed to a fast-paced life, and he doesn't want to waste time even on the way to work, thinking about this month's living expenses, or how to increase his income next month and other trivial matters. At this moment, he emptied his mind and didn't think about anything, but the sudden vacancy made him even more confused, and he didn't even know where he was going.

After waiting at the platform for more than ten minutes, I boarded an intercity bus. This is the last bus to the outskirts of the city. There are not many people on the bus. Cheng Feichi sat down in the corner of the last row and looked out of the window. That end is warm and lively, and this end is cold and depressed.

He alone was shut out.

Cheng Feichi called Yi Zheng in the car. When Yi Zheng heard him ask Ye Qin about the specific investigations, he immediately smiled clearly: "I said that the kid is not innocent, and now I believe it?"

From Yi Zheng's mouth, Cheng Feichi learned that Ye Qin investigated him in September of the previous year, when the second year of high school had just started.

At that time, he didn't even know who Yeqin was. It was the first time he hated his memory for being so good, and he can still clearly remember that Yeqin brought him breakfast for the first time on a Monday at the end of October. During this period, three incidents occurred: convenience store planting, tire tying, and physical education class helping Ye Qin who was about to fall. There was no other intersection or any excess in the middle, and Yeqin started chasing him without warning.

Yi Zheng has great powers, and even knows what Ye Qin investigated. Before Cheng Feichi asked, he said it directly: "In addition to checking your family relationship, checking your mother, and also checking Ye Jinxiang's whereabouts in those days. As far as I know , Ye Jinxiang has a lover outside, as for the fact that the Ye family boy put you and him together for investigation, whether it was a coincidence, a coincidence, or some other reason, I don't know."

Cheng Feichi licked his chapped lips and said thank you. Yi Zheng put his mind to rest without any effort, and said with a smile: "Thank you, I am your father."

Before hanging up the phone, Yi Zheng thought of something else: "By the way, there is another interesting thing. The kid from the Ye family concealed his real age on his ID card. He is not yet 18 years old, but the date is consistent with the reality. November Number twenty-nine."

The bus stops at Jiayuan Community Station.

When he got out of the car by the back door, a gust of cold wind hit Cheng Feichi's face, making Cheng Feichi's whole body tingle.

He thought it was because of his thin clothes, but he took the elevator and took the key to open the door. When he entered the house, he was still in severe pain. The pain pierced the skin like a steel needle, and burrowed desperately into the body along the blood vessels and muscles.

A few poked into his chest, and for a moment he even thought his heart had stopped beating. Fingers so numb that they almost lost their sense of touch touched the switch and pressed it, and his eyes lit up, feeling the cold air inhaled into his lungs, and the familiar and strange furniture in front of him, he knew that he was not dead, nor was he dreaming.

The reality is a thousand times, ten thousand times crueler than these.

The bedroom is still the same, he folded the quilt and piled it on the head of the bed with the pillows. No one came after we parted on the winter solstice.

Last year's winter solstice, December 22, was 23 days away from November 29. No wonder Ye Qin didn't have to go home to celebrate his birthday with his parents on this day for two consecutive years.

He loves his family so much, he chose a nearby school to be close to home, and he has to run home to have dinner with his mother at noon. Why should he keep such an important day as his birthday for himself, who has no relatives and no reason

He was spoiled and pampered since he was a child, and he has seen hundreds of expensive gifts, so why should he value the ring he gave him

Cheng Feichi looked around in a daze, looking at the room that the two of them had arranged by themselves, and felt that he might have been crazy in the past, and felt that this place was like a home.

His gaze fell dully on the glass jar by the bed, Cheng Feichi walked over and picked it up. The lights in the room were not turned on, and the stars in the jar shone with subtle fluorescence. He opened the bottle cap, poured all the stars on the table, and took apart the stars one by one with a little light coming in from the living room.

His right hand was wrapped in heavy gauze, and his palm could not be bent, which made his movements slow and difficult. He simply tore off the gauze and threw it on the ground, concentrating on dismantling the stars. The more he opened it back, the more unspeakable expectations rose in his heart, as if if he couldn't find that one, he could pretend that he didn't hear anything today.

All he needs is this piece of proof, and he can erase everything that happened today from his mind, together with those piercing pains.

The glass jar is small and there are not many paper stars inside. Only the last five remained. Cheng Feichi focused his eyes, moved his fingers quickly, and his heart beat strongly in his chest, looking forward to this tiny hope.

But it stopped abruptly when the third last one was demolished.

Hold down the note with your thumb and slowly wipe it away, piece together a line of words. Cheng Feichi stared at it for a few minutes, dismantled and crushed each word and put it together again, using all his strength to confirm the meaning of the sentence, then folded the stars back to their original shape and put them in the glass jar.

When I held it in my hand and looked at it, I realized that the body of the bottle was stained with sticky blood, making it hard to see what was inside. The smell of rust spread in his nostrils. He wiped away the blood that was about to solidify with the back of his clean hand, and the star was still lying quietly inside.

During the heavy breathing, the tulle covering the eyes was blown away, and the vision suddenly became clear.

He understood that all kinds of Yeqin's tramples and insults to him in the past, as well as those capriciousness that made him unable to do what he wanted, were not playing with his temper, but that he really hated himself, so much that he had to use this method to relieve his anger .

From the beginning to the end, he was the only one who regarded this relationship as a treasure, as a little sun sent by the heavens to his bleak and barren life.

In the end, this is just another castle built with lies. When he was indulging in this light and warmth, a heavy hammer fell from the sky and shattered this ethereal and illusory building.

But in an instant, those blazing sunshine, beating heart, fresh vitality...all turned into dust and dust, and the wind blows away from him.

Ye Qin is right, isn't he just a fool

Cheng Feichi thought he was laughing, raised his head, and his expressionless face was reflected in the window glass.

It turns out that even if a person is in extreme pain, he can still not show the slightest bit on his face.